The marketplace for social impact bonds (SIBs) is continuing to develop, as SIBs become recognized as instruments that can innovatively bring together investors, social-service providers and governments. Service providers are making progress in advancing their SIB business cases for their most promising interventions.

With this flurry of recent activity as a backdrop, the MaRS Centre for Impact Investing is pleased to open up extensive engagement with investors on SIBs, in “What’s the Deal?”, our first SIB Investor Insights webinar.

Note: You may also access audio via your phone as well but please note, the conference line can accommodate up to 80 phone-in participants. If you are connecting via your phone, please call in at 9:55 a.m. (EDT). If the phone line is full when you call-in, audio will be available via your computer. Should you have technical difficulties during the webinar, please email Jared Walker, Communications Associate (jwalker@marsdd.com) for assistance.

This webinar will:

Introduce new investors to the conversation and provide an update on where the market is today.

Include sharing of experiences and best practices from SIB pioneer Bridges Ventures. Bridges has made investments in six SIBs in the UK, manages a SIB-dedicated fund, and has $600 million in total impact assets under management.

When

Thursday, June 12, 2014 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM (EDT)

Organizer

MaRS Discovery District

MaRS Discovery District (@MaRSDD), in Toronto is one of the world’s largest urban innovation hubs. MaRS cultivates high-impact ventures and equips innovators to drive economic and societal prosperity. MaRS provides expert advice and market research, and makes connections to talent, customers and capital. MaRS startup clients have created 6,500 jobs and, in the last three years alone, they have raised $1 billion in capital and generated $500 million in revenue.